So That's Why They're Called HoobaSTANK.

Monday Monday Monday. Most people in the office are real grumpy on Monday, but not me. My weekends are usually pretty boring, so I actually look forward to getting back in the office at the start of the week. Even more so today because I got a good nights sleep for the first time in a week. Laddie decided not to have his 4 AM playtime last night (he usually runs around my room and attacks his reflection in my mirrored closet doors) so I slept pretty soundly.

And to top it off, I actually did stuff this weekend! Friday night I had plans to go out, but after I got home from the gym, I turned on NBA TV and the Suns/Warriors game sucked me in. Barkely scored 56 on a trash talking CWebb (Webber was a total punk ass bitch in his first few years in the L) while Mullin dropped 30 on the Suns. Shit was fierce. Needless to say I was glued to the tube.

Saturday I had planned to go wander around the city, but it was ungodly hot out so that plan was nixed. Instead, I watched Team USA win the Bronze as well as more classic NBA (big surprise, I know). Later that night, I met up with some new friends and we went bar hopping, including a stop at the Rock Paper Scissors championships at DC9. I headed home on the subway at about 12:30 AM and made it back home in like 30 minutes! That has to be some kind of record.

Sunday was Larry Bird day on NBA TV. Guess what I did?

I tried to watch some of the MTV awards, but they were yawn inducing. Except for Hoobastank. They were cringe inducing. I guess it’s hard to sing without a computer adjusting the pitch, huh? At first I was all mad because they made the rock bands perform this quick medley, but then I realized it was because all those bands suck and so do the people that like those songs. The theme for the evening seemed to be, less rock, more skeet skeet skeet. I never thought the VMA’s could get worse than the year the Wayans twins hosted, but I was proved wrong last night. So I watched C’s v. Pistons instead. And yes, I hate Isiah as much today as I did back then. Makes me feel good.

In other news, 4.5 games, bitches. The always informative Peter Gammons notes On the morning of Saturday, Aug. 28, Boston had won 9 of 10, Anaheim had won nine straight, Oakland 10 of 11 ... and there were only three days all month when both the A's and Angels lost. This was also a pretty neat way of thinking about the season from a GM's perspective: the first two months are spent figuring out what your team has, the next two months are to get what you need and the last two months are played with the team you want.

"IMPEACH BUSH, If He Commits What Is Constitutionally Defined as an Impeachable Offense. Until then, Just Vote Against Him, as I Plan To."

Some people think Ronald Reagan brought communism to its knees, but then again it could have just been their own bloated and corrupt infrastructure falling in on itself and he could have just slept through the '80s. So why bother naming anything after Ronald Reagan? Especially when so few things are named after Martin Van Buren, who as we noted before is way cooler than Reagan.